Resources if Youre in a Similar Situation.
If you have a website or blog site that is also often scraped, here are some resources that may be useful to you..

Can I forward your newsletter to my colleagues?
Yes, obviously. Strike the forward button in your inbox and share it as I wrote it (over-use of hyphens and parentheses is among the hallmarks of my post so do not be lured to modify those out)..

You might have discovered that my face is appearing in more of the cover images for my blog site posts and in more of the cover images for my videos. The reason is that in my on-going battle against websites that republish my content without authorization it is much easier for me to prove proof of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. Filing DMCA takedown notices is time-consuming and even when filed appropriately some hosting business still require even more proof of original work and ownership. Being able to state, “hey, thats my image of myself wearing my favorite flannel shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than writing a description of the originality of my blog post.

I get a bunch of follow-up concerns Whenever I publish something about copyright. These are a few of the frequently asked questions..

I embedded your YouTube video into my class/ school website, is that all right?.
Yes, thats totally fine as long as youre using the embed or link provided by YouTube and not downloading the video then republishing it (check out YouTubes TOS for more details)..

You may have seen that my face is appearing in more of the cover images for my blog posts and in more of the cover images for my videos. There is a reason for that and its not that Ive found a brand-new vanity in my mid-40s. The reason is that in my on-going fight against sites that republish my content without authorization it is much simpler for me to show evidence of ownership and originality when my face is in the cover image. If youre interested in the explanation of that, continue reading..

Assist Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use.

I like to share the title or a little summary of your post with my personnel, is that fine?
Yes, as long as youre not republishing the entire thing and or passing it off as your own. If you desire somebody to check out the entire post, provide the link to it..

Most of the sites that are taking my work nowadays are doing so through automated ways. Its fairly simple to compose a script that scrapes all of the material from an RSS feed and imports it into a various website. Truncating or stopping my RSS feed stops some of the burglars, however most have moved onto using scripts that scrape straight from the website instead of from the RSS feed. Thats a little more difficult to stop so my option is to file DMCA takedown notices with Google to get them to eliminate the upseting material from their results pages. Furthermore, I then file DMCA takedown notices with the websites hosting services..
Filing DMCA takedown notifications is lengthy and even when submitted correctly some hosting companies still require a lot more proof of initial work and ownership. Being able to say, “hey, thats my picture of myself wearing my preferred flannel t-shirt” is a lot much easier and faster than writing an explanation of the creativity of my article. Still, some dubious hosting companies (usually located beyond the United States) will not do a darn thing to honor my demand. In those cases at least theres a simple way for visitors of the upseting website to realize that what theyre checking out was taken from FreeTech4Teachers.com.